English

Reporting what people say

An AR classroom game for Grade 6. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.

This set has 6 questions in an interactive multiple choice activity.

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A look before you play

Sample questions

A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.

01
How do you report: She said, "I am tired."?
- She said she was tired.
- She said she is tired.
- She said she will tired.
Read the explanation
Reported speech steps the tense back one, so "am" becomes "was".
02
How do you report: He said, "I like cats."?
- He said he will like cats.
- He said he liked cats.
- He said he likes cats.
Read the explanation
The present "like" steps back to "liked".
03
What happens to the pronouns in reported speech?
- they do not change
- they always become "you"
- they change with the speaker
Read the explanation
The speaker's "I" becomes "he" or "she" when someone else reports it.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

Practise reporting what someone said: step the tense back (am to was, like to liked, are to were, will to would), change the pronouns to suit the speaker, and introduce it with said.

What's in the worksheet

6 multiple-choice items - She said, "I am tired." becomes She said she was tired. - He said, "I like cats." becomes He said he liked cats. - They said, "We are happy." becomes They said they were happy. - Which word introduces reported speech: talked / said / spoke - She said, "I will go." becomes She said she would go.

How to use it in class

Use after teaching direct speech and quotation marks, 5 minutes in team mode. - Before playing, whisper I am hungry. to one pupil, who reports it to the class: She said she was hungry. - Chart the tense shifts: am > was, are > were, like > liked, will > would Play it linked to a class and the results go into the mark book.

Common sticking points

- They said, "We are happy.": choosing They said we are happy. by copying the original words; we has to become they - I will go: choosing She said she will go., not knowing will steps back to would - She said, "I am tired.": choosing she is tired, which real English allows if she is still tired; say this set practises the tense shift